— Rachel Maddow
(Source: MSNBC)
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“ On the Right we’ve got a conservative movement that doesn’t have candidates, they’re not running for office. They’ve got their eyes on the horizon, they’re in the boardroom, they’re running the institutions of the Right. They’re not the Republican Party. And that’s like a giant jet engine. It’s Fox News, it’s the Republican establishment that’s outside the Republican party, it’s the Club for Growth guys, it’s all of the corporate conservatism in America and that is a jet engine and they strap that jet engine to this, like Bondoed, like half-shell, busted out frame, rusted Ford Pinto with only one door. And that’s the Republican party. ”
“ Richard Nixon today could never be a part of the Republican Party. By God, I don’t know that Ronald Reagan could… What has happened to that party where they’re embracing fascism, and, you know, why would people support that idea? ”
— Pat Thurston
(Source: MSNBC)
“ This is fun, man. I hope it goes on forever. I hope it goes till October and they’re still not sure who the candidate is. ”
— Cenk Uygur on the Republican primaries
(Source: theyoungturks.com)
“ In the Republican Party there are some that would like to do all sorts of things that are outside of the mainstream of what most of us believe is the fabric of a society of people of many different faiths. ”
— Gov. Martin O’Malley
(Source: youtube.com)
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“ The lesson to be learned here is that if you fight and make your own side’s case… you can actually get the Republicans to fold. ”
— Cenk Uygur on the GOP payroll tax cut cave-in
“ I think [the Republicans] are treading into very politically dangerous waters, if they want to take on these issues that are so important to women and… young people. This is the year 2012 and I think a lot of particularly young voters are absolutely astonished this would be controversial and so I think that they have actually helped us, if they want to double down on this issue, and say that this is immoral in someway. The debate in the United States of America is over. People want access to birth control. ”
— Rep. Jan Schakowsky
(Source: MSNBC)
“The long-running con game of economic conservatives and the wealthy supporters they serve finally went bad. For decades the G.O.P. has won elections by appealing to social and racial divisions, only to turn after each victory to deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy — a process that reached its epitome when George W. Bush won re-election by posing as America’s defender against gay married terrorists, then announced that he had a mandate to privatize Social Security.
Over time, however, this strategy created a base that really believed in all the hokum — and now the party elite has lost control.
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— Paul Krugman
(Source: The New York Times)
“ The difference between us and them is we are strongly supportive of the private sector; they’re strongly supportive of the privileged sector. ”
— Joe Biden on Republicans
(Source: c-spanvideo.org)
“ The Republicans do have an impressive field: Governor Mitch Daniels, Governor Haley Barbour and former Governor Jeb Bush. The only problem, they’re not on the field. I just want you to think about this for a second. Think of our field in 2008. At our debates in Iowa, we had Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Senator Chris Dodd, and President Obama. Now think about their field: Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum. I’m beginning to feel sorry for Republican primary voters. ”
